Baby balloons: baby's first mobile

As promised, there have been more makes for the baby and the nursery.

I have now started my maternity leave and so after a very busy Christmas where Mr Jones and I worked very hard to get the nursery together I am now home alone with a long (and still growing) list of projects that I would love to get completed before baby Jones makes an appearance.

One of my first projects was taken from a tutorial by HowJoyful: http://www.howjoyful.com/2012/07/nursery-felt-hot-air-ballon-mobile-tutorial-and-pattern/

How Joyful's mobile: my inspiration

I loved the look of this and set about making my own interpretation:
 

The first two balloons

Attached to an existing mobile frame

A bit too close together and missing baskets & clouds?

This was a good project as you can pick it up and put it down easily and play around with the patterns. I spent a few evenings in front of the TV while making these and even took it along to a meet-up with friends.

I think I still need to work on it to get it looking as good as Joy's. I thought that it would be easier to buy a cheap mobile frame and add my balloons but I now think it needs more work (changing the top part for starters). As I don't know when baby Jones will arrive I have kept it as is for now while I finish off a few other projects around the house but think I will return to it if I get the chance.

Love,
Mrs Jones
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